The Great Lakes Beer Festival is pleased to announce that the Sanford Lake Association has been inserted into the starting lineup for Saturday’s Great Lakes Beer Festival at Dow Diamond. The association will be conducting a golf cart raffle as part of its ongoing efforts to raise funds to help restore fish habitat on the …

There are a lot of pretenders in the world of tribute bands, but if you’re looking for an authentic Jimmy Buffet experience that even the most diehard of “Parrotheads” resoundingly approve of, Dow Diamond on Saturday, August 16, is the place to be. That’s when Air Margaritaville, an 8-piece band led by frontman and founder …

It’s beer fest season time, which makes it pretty much the most wonderful time of the year. From long-established festivals, like the Michigan Brewer’s Guild Summer Fest, which is holding its 26th annual celebration this year in Ypsilanti, to newer ones like the Great Lakes Beer Festival being held on August 16 in Midland, Michigan …

Have band will travel. Frohliche Musiker Blasorchester, a local German polka band, will bring its interactive performance style back to Dow Diamond on Saturday, August 16. The 14-musician brass and woodwind band, led by co-founders Sara Beth Keough and David Valasek, will be a headliner at the 4th annual Great Lakes Beer Festival. The group …

There are a lot of beer festivals in Michigan, but there’s only one Great Lakes Beer Festival, an annual celebration of the craft beer community that takes place at beautiful Dow Diamond. The Midland ballpark, home of the minor league baseball team The Great Lakes Loons, has proven to be a grand slam as a …

The results for our 2024 Best of the Best poll are in! Here’s the best of Michigan’s breweries, craft beers, wineries, and more, according to our readers: Breweries Craft Beer Ciders & Meads Distilleries & Wineries Beer Destinations Brewery Cuisine Brewery People Brewery Marketing, Design & Education   …

Best Craft Cocktail   Winner: Longship Brewing Company – Bloody Freya longshipbrewingcompany.com 114 N Main St, Lawton, MI 49065   Finalists: The Highway Brewing Co., West Branch – Cherry Whiskey Sour Iron Fish Distiller, Thompsonville – Salted Maple Old Fashioned   Best Bourbon   Winner: Iron Fish Distillery – Maple Bourbon Whiskey ironfishdistillery.com 14234 Dzuibanek …

Best Amber   Winner: Upper Hand Brewery – Deep Camp upperhandbrewery.com 3525 Airport Rd, Escanaba, MI 49829   Finalists: Keweenaw Brewing, Houghton – Red Jacket Amber Ale Big Lake Brewing, Holland – Michigan Amber   Best Brown Ale   Winner: Pigeon Hill Brewing Company – Coffee Cake Brown pigeonhillbrew.com 895 4th St, Muskegon, MI 49440 …

Best Hard Cider   Winner: Rustic Leaf Brewing Co. – Crisp Kringle rusticleafbrewingcompany.com 7200 Highland Rd, Waterford Twp, MI 48327   Finalists: Tandem Ciders – Smackintosh Vander Mill Honeycrisp   Best Hard Cidery   Winner: Ore Creek Craft Cider – Pinckney orecreekmi.com 9280 Mcgregor Rd, Pinckney, MI 48169   Finalists: Suttons Bay Ciders Baynes Apple …

Best Beertender   Winner: The Highway Brewing Co. – Gail Kowalczyk highwaybrewingco.com 209 W Houghton Ave, West Branch, MI 48661   Finalists: Longship Brewing Company, Lawton – Sabrina Markle City Built Brewing Company – Dan Dixon   Best Chef   Winner: Salt Springs Brewery – Chef Loren Halprin saltspringsbrewery.com 117 S Ann Arbor St, Saline, …